UI & Visual Designer

See yourself being part of a large, transformational change? This could be the role for you At Iress, we make things happen We believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. More than 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use our software, from the world’s most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers. Iress is one of Australia’s largest technology companies and employs more than 1500 people across Australia, The United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, France, New Zealand and Asia. Build your career at Iress We are looking for a creative and experienced User Interface (UI) & Visual Designer to work with our Iress Design System (IDS) team and product designers. You will help to bring low to mid fidelity design concepts to life and produce high fidelity designs using the IDS. We are looking for a UI designer who has experience working with design systems for large SaaS enterprise products; this includes creating, tweaking editing and updating the design system as well as building out templates. In a collaborative manner, you will work with engineers to ensure that we create modern looking products, that are feasible, in line with the IDS, ‘on trend’ and excite the people developing and customers using our products. Not only will you have demonstrable experience working with and using design systems, but you will have a firm understanding of colour theory, visual hierarchy principles, and current UI design trends for different form factors (mobile, desktop, touch). Some of the amazing things you’ll be involved in: - Design high-quality user interfaces by working closely with product designers, taking their design concepts and using the IDS to produce implementable designs by engineers- Ensure design quality is "built-in" following best practice human centered design and Iress’ design playbook- Participate and provide quality input into any requirements or analysis of solutions, features or non-functional requirements- Ensure any key person risk is minimised by working with others and appropriately documenting decisions and outcomes- Foster and develop strong working relationships with the wider product design and design system group, as well as other creative/visual designers within the company What you will bring: - Proven and demonstrable experience using design systems and software systems such as Figma.- Experience working within a team (including other designers and front end engineers) on a single software product or component- Will test the status quo and enjoys thinking about and implementing innovative ways to solve problems Why work with us?- 8 additional paid days per year to extend your weekends- Hybrid working- Generous cash bonus for every successful referral- Starting school leave - 8.5 days of leave to assist your children with the transition to school- Up to 26 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part-time when returning to work- 3 days’ paid leave per year to participate in charity initiatives- Discounted health insurance premiums- Access to learning and development programs through LinkedIn Learning Iress is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive culture. We strongly believe that diversity is what makes our teams and our products succeed. Our people have different experiences, skills, perspectives and beliefs and everyone’s uniqueness is valued and celebrated. Our hiring decisions are never based on sexual orientation, race, gender identity, religion, disability, citizenship, marital or family status and age. Even if you feel you don’t meet all of the requirements of the role, we would still like to hear from you We’re also proud to be globally recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer that promotes and supports all women in the workplace. For more information about what we do, our people and values, please visit our website #LI-Hybrid Employment Type Contractor Time Type Full time